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Freelance reporter covering environmental stories based in the PNW. Previously with Al Jazeera America in New York City, and Al Jazeera English in Doha, Qatar

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National Weather Service Adds New Rainfall Category for Hurricane Harvey

By Bill Chapel / Source NPR The colors the National Weather Service uses to show rainfall on its weather map … More

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California braces for week of El Niño storms, mudslides, flash floods

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Jan. 5, 2016 A steady stream of El Niño–fueled rain and snowstorms is forecast … More

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El Niño and record ocean warmth fueling severe weather, experts say

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Dec. 28, 2015 Record warm ocean surface temperatures in tandem with El … More

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Egypt: Alexandria flooding may be new norm because of climate change

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Oct. 26, 2015 An unseasonable rainstorm in the Egyptian city of Alexandria … More

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Flooded oil and gas wells spark fears of contamination in Colorado

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Sept. 18, 2013 As Colorado reels from a prolonged flooding disaster that has killed … More

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